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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDude who stormed the Capitol was given asylum in Belarus today.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Guessing not but I think that would be fitting!
ornotna
(10,799 posts)Takket
(21,560 posts)pwb
(11,261 posts)to Pooty. His comrade little man. Trumps next?
C_U_L8R
(44,998 posts)Ritabert
(667 posts)....plus if he gets tired of Lukashenko's dictatorial tendencies ....good luck.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Off to Siberia with the Republican traitors...
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)This is one hell of a read on him and I hope it doesn't disappear behing a paywall
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/on-the-lam-santa-rosa-native-and-capitol-rioter-now-seeking-political-asyl/
He fled the country Feb. 16 (2021), flew to Italy and made his way to western Ukraine, where he rented an apartment for several months. Fearing extradition, he then trekked on foot through forests and swampland, braving quicksand, vipers and wild boar, he later recounted. Then he crossed into Belarus, a Russian client state ruled by Alexander Lukashenko, often described as Europes last dictator.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,366 posts)I mean, if youre going to make up a bullshit story of an epic trek through quicksand, viper and wild boar infested territory, might as well include one of these, for crying out loud.
Ill bet he at least stormed a castle or two on the way.
Quicksand? Seriously? Jesus Second Unit Production Manager Christ on a film dolly, what the ever living fuck?
Asshole probably took the train.
What a douche.
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)Hiring a driver might have been even simpler.
Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)He turns 50 this year.
Can you imagine being that old and thinking it is easy to give up everything you have and start over? My guess is that he didn't have much in his life - no established career, no family, etc.
mitch96
(13,892 posts)Can he get a job? Will he be "conscripted"? Big risk...
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Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)I didn't see that in the article. I just read that he was granted asylum.
shanti
(21,675 posts)They did not follow him. Let's see how long it takes for him to come running back home.
Celerity
(43,322 posts)According to one of his LinkedIn profiles, Neumann participated in the Ukrainian Orange Revolution. An orange scarf, a memento from those massive, pro-Democracy protests in 2004 and 2005, was draped around his neck at the U.S. Capitol riot, clashing both aesthetically and ideologically with his red MAGA ball cap.
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/on-the-lam-santa-rosa-native-and-capitol-rioter-now-seeking-political-asyl/
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Send him to the front lines.
NBachers
(17,107 posts)relayerbob
(6,544 posts)They all think they lost their freedumbs byt wearing a mask. Let them live behind the Iron curtain for awhile. And, by "a while", I mean, forever. Strip them of their passports and US citizenship.
moondust
(19,972 posts)As if...
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,130 posts)Iggo
(47,549 posts)Still cant believe Dude actually ran to a REAL dictatorship. What a fucking maroon.
renate
(13,776 posts)Wow. Considering the slaps on the wrist that these people have been getting when they stay here, he's stlll going to stay in Belarus? I guess he really does love autocracy. Good for him for sticking with his weird beliefs.